Goose Creek Killer | The Lone Ranger (08-24-42)

Summary

Old Time Radio Westerns

Episode: Goose Creek Killer | The Lone Ranger (08-24-42)

Host: Andrew Rhynes
Original Air Date: August 24, 1942
Podcast Release Date: May 15, 2026

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Episode Overview

This episode of Old Time Radio Westerns features “Goose Creek Killer,” a classic Lone Ranger adventure. Digitally restored for modern audiophiles, the tale centers on a mysterious killing near Goose Creek. The Lone Ranger and his trusted companion Tonto unravel a tangled plot involving mistaken identity, a widow’s search for her missing husband, and a conniving stranger hiding deadly secrets. With law and order at stake, the masked rider of justice gallops into action to reveal the truth behind the murder.

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Key Discussion Points & Episode Breakdown

The Unfolding Mystery: Shots by Goose Creek

[03:34–05:37]

• The story begins with the Lone Ranger and Tonto hearing a series of ominous rifle shots along a remote ridge near Goose Creek.
• Tonto theorizes: "There's no hunting around here. A rifle means one of two things. Someone is signaling for help. Or someone is getting shot at." (Tonto, 03:49)
• The pair investigates clues: wood chips floating downstream, the sound of an axe, evidence of hurried departure.

A Stranger in Town, A Woman’s Search

[05:37–07:59]

• In Goose Creek’s sheriff’s office, Mrs. Porter, who has come from the East, searches for her missing husband, supposedly last seen in town.
• The sheriff and Deputy Jim are unconvinced: "Up to a few weeks ago he knew every man, woman, child and dog in a 40 mile radius." (Deputy Jim, 05:52)
• Mrs. Porter produces a gold watch chain belonging to her husband, recently mailed from Goose Creek.

Evidence at the Creek & Sudden Danger

[08:09–09:57]

• Back in the woods, the Lone Ranger and Tonto discover more clues: a felled tree, a brand-new axe, footprints, and, finally, a murder victim.
• Suddenly, the investigator themselves are threatened at gunpoint by a masked man. Commanded to face the river, they’re tricked and the attacker slips away.

The 'Easterner' Lambert & The Murder Plot Deepens

[10:06–13:03]

• The pair finds a dazed man—Lambert—who claims he was attacked by an “insane-looking” bearded stranger with wild eyes.
• Lambert’s account sows seeds of doubt; his detailed description of the assailant (blue shirt, black rifle, wild eyes) points to a local outcast.

The Long Trail: Tracking Down the Killer

[13:14–15:02]

• The Lone Ranger drags Lambert back to town for the sheriff, then hurries to rejoin Tonto at the crime scene. Their investigation rules out accident, supporting murder.
• Tonto points out, "Killer planned to tie a dead man to trunk of tree, send him long way downstream... Maybe feller never be found." (Tonto, 14:12)

Pursuit & Key Revelations

[18:21–20:50]

• Following red clay on the victim’s boots (a trail no one else thinks to check), the Lone Ranger and Tonto hunt for answers at the hermit Indian Tom’s shack on the banks.
• Meanwhile, in town, the Sheriff informs Mrs. Porter that the body found isn’t her husband, and that the masked man was really the Lone Ranger.

The Body Disappears: A New Twist

[20:50–22:07]

• Lambert returns to announce the corpse has gone missing from the coroner’s; the back door was broken into.
• "The rear of the coroner's place had been broken into. The body was missing. No signs of anyone around there." (Lambert, 21:05)
• The mystery ratchets up, pushing the lawmen to hope for the Lone Ranger’s return.

Final Showdown: The Killer Unmasked

[23:10–25:06]

• A tip sends the Lone Ranger and Tonto to a campfire by the gorge, where, in a shootout, the masked man from earlier is revealed to be Lambert himself.
• As the Lone Ranger closes in, Lambert’s poor marksmanship (contrasted by his skill with an axe) confirms his dual identity.
• The masked rider ropes Lambert and hauls him back to face justice.

Truth Revealed: Motive and Confession

[26:00–29:06]

• The case is laid bare before Mrs. Porter:
  • Her husband had been living nearby as a recluse—Indian Tom. He’d sent her a message and his watch chain.
  • Lambert, charged with handling Mrs. Porter’s money, had intercepted this message, misused the funds, and ultimately murdered Mr. Porter to cover his tracks and try to marry Mrs. Porter.
  • "He was a splendid hand with an axe, but a poor shot with a rifle. To conceal the death, he was going to send your husband’s body downstream on a log." (Lone Ranger, 27:21)
• Lambert confesses: "I'd misused the money. I couldn't have accounted for it. If Porter came back, he'd want an accounting. I thought...I hoped that I could marry Mrs. Porter if her husband never returned." (Lambert, 28:44)

Aftermath: Justice and Reflection

[29:11–30:09]

• Lambert is taken into custody.
• Mrs. Porter considers staying in Goose Creek, wishing to remain where her late husband had found peace.

Closing Memorable Exchange

• "Thank you, Mrs. Porter. You can do that by helping people here. Adios." (Lone Ranger, 29:13)
• "But wait, Sheriff. He’s gone." (Mrs. Porter, 29:17)
• "He wouldn't take thanks, ma’am." (Sheriff, 29:19)

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Notable Quotes

• "Come on, Silver. There's danger on the trail ahead!" — Lone Ranger [03:22]
• "There's no hunting around here. A rifle means one of two things. Someone is signaling for help. Or someone is getting shot at." — Tonto [03:49]
• "He was a splendid hand with an axe, but a poor shot with a rifle. To conceal the death, he was going to send your husband’s body downstream on a log." — Lone Ranger [27:21]
• "I'd misused the money. I couldn't have accounted for it. If Porter came back, he'd want an accounting. I thought...I hoped that I could marry Mrs. Porter if her husband never returned." — Lambert [28:44]
• "Thank you, Mrs. Porter. You can do that by helping people here. Adios." — Lone Ranger [29:13]

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Important Timestamps

• 03:34 – Lone Ranger and Tonto investigate rifle shots by Goose Creek.
• 05:37 – Mrs. Porter and the sheriff discuss her missing husband.
• 08:09 – Crime scene: felled tree, axe, footprints, corpse.
• 10:06 – Discovery of injured Lambert and his account.
• 14:12 – Tonto analyzes killer’s cover-up method.
• 18:27 – Tracking to Indian Tom’s shack.
• 20:50 – The corpse vanishes from coroner’s office.
• 23:10 – Lone Ranger/Tonto set trap for the killer.
• 26:20 – Explanation of the full plot and Lambert’s motives.
• 28:44 – Lambert confesses to the crime.
• 29:13 – Lone Ranger’s parting advice to Mrs. Porter.

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Overall Episode Tone

• Classic Western suspense with brisk, dramatic exchanges.
• The dialogue is straightforward and earnest, with the moral clarity and sense of justice iconic to The Lone Ranger series.
• Emotional depth: grief, betrayal, and ultimate resolution, ending with hopeful reflection for Mrs. Porter.

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For Listeners

This episode showcases a tightly woven frontier mystery, the Lone Ranger’s razor-sharp intuition, and the timeless Western values of justice and community. Even without prior knowledge of the drama, listeners will follow a story of crime, investigation, and the unmasking of evil beneath the veneer of civilization—brought to life with all the restored atmosphere and iconic voices of old-time radio.

Transcript

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[Narrator (Lone Ranger Story)]

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[Narrator (Lone Ranger Story)]

With his faithful Indian companion, Tonto, the masked rider of the plains led the fight for law and order in the early western United States. The stories of his strength and courage, his daring and resourcefulness have come down to us through the generations. And nowhere in the pages of history can one find a greater champion of justice. Return with us now to those thrilling days of yesteryear. From out of the past come the thundering hoof beats of the great horse Silver. The Lone Ranger rides again.

[Lone Ranger]

Come on, Silver. There's danger on the trail ahead. I O Silver.

[Narrator (Lone Ranger Story)]

Lone Ranger in Tonto, riding along a ridge, heard the distant crack of a heavy caliber rifle.

[Lone Ranger]

Right up tunnel

[Narrator (Lone Ranger Story)]

you Hear it?

[Tonto]

Yes. A rifle and a heavy one. Somewhere in the valley down there.

[Tonto (Alternate or additional lines)]

Maybe near edge of your river.

[Tonto]

Another. There's no hunting around here. A rifle means one of two things. Someone is signaling for help. Or someone is getting shot at.

[Tonto (Alternate or additional lines)]

Ah, wait. We watch valley.

[Tonto]

Third shot will mean they need help.

[Tonto (Alternate or additional lines)]

We not here. Third shot.

[Tonto]

Wouldn't be hard for a man to get lost in this country.

[Tonto (Alternate or additional lines)]

Oh, this is not far from town.

[Tonto]

I know Tado. There are a lot of newcomers in town. Population of Goose Creek has tripled in the last few weeks. And the easterners are likely to get lost if they travel 10 miles out of town.

[Tonto (Alternate or additional lines)]

You wait.

[Tonto]

What is it, Kimosabe?

[Tonto (Alternate or additional lines)]

We hear other sounds. Sound of axe on wood.

[Tonto]

Yes.

[Lambert]

T. Wait.

[Tonto (Alternate or additional lines)]

Maybe we get location. The sound two rifle shots followed by

[Tonto]

an axe on wood. What would that mean?

[Tonto (Alternate or additional lines)]

I may not know yet. Maybe we.

[Tonto]

What do you see? Tallow.

[Tonto (Alternate or additional lines)]

We ride downhill right to edge of water. See what?

[Tonto]

There.

[Lone Ranger]

Get him up. Scorn silver.

[Tonto]

You see those chips of wood floating on the water from the ridge up there?

[Tonto (Alternate or additional lines)]

He sees something floating. Me go get him. Get him up.

[Lone Ranger]

Scout. Me got you for one.

[Tonto]

Get him up the scout. We don't hear the ax now.

[Tonto (Alternate or additional lines)]

Totto not right.

[Lambert]

But you take a look.

[Tonto (Alternate or additional lines)]

This chip come from plenty big tree,

[Tonto]

Heavy wood tree somewhere upstream.

[Tonto (Alternate or additional lines)]

If we go that way, we find hoochop tree and find my rifle get fired.

[Tonto]

We're heading toward town anyway. We might as well investigate.

[Tonto (Alternate or additional lines)]

She chips a wooden stream after rifle shot.

[Tonto]

Otto, the man who chopped this wood knew how to handle an ax.

[Tonto (Alternate or additional lines)]

That's right.

[Tonto]

His axe was mighty sharp. Dull axe won't take this much out of a hardwood tree. Let's get upstream. Come on.

[Lone Ranger]

Come up.

[Narrator (Lone Ranger Story)]

While the lone ranger and Tonto rode upstream heading toward Goose Creek, the sheriff sat in his office with a deputy and a woman from the east.

[Sheriff]

I'll tell you, Mrs. Porter, if your husband had been in Goose Creek for anything like a year, I'd have known about it. So would Jim Tucker. Wouldn't you, Jim?

[Deputy Jim]

He sure would. Up to a few weeks ago he knew every man, woman, child and dog in a 40 mile radius.

[Mrs. Porter]

I came all the way from the east. I was sure I could find out something about him. Mr. Lambert thought so too.

[Sheriff]

Lambert? I reckon he must be a newcomer too, eh?

[Mrs. Porter]

Yes. He came here a few days before I did. He thought he'd traced my husband to Goose Creek.

[Tonto]

Oh, gone at all.

[Sheriff]

Mrs. Porter, I'm sure sorry you had this trip for nothing. If you was a man, you might be able to stake A claim like the others are doing. Dig for gold.

[Deputy Jim]

I expect you're sort of stranded here now, huh?

[Mrs. Porter]

Well, not exactly, Mrs. Porter.

[Sheriff]

You're not the type of woman to be happy in a place of this sort. I can see that. If you want to go back to the East, I can fix it with a stage company. We'll take up a collection for expense money.

[Mrs. Porter]

Thank you, Sheriff. You're very kind.

[Sheriff]

We'll tend to it right away, Jim. You see.

[Mrs. Porter]

Oh, Sheriff, I. I don't need money.

[Sheriff]

We'll let the boys know.

[Tonto (Alternate or additional lines)]

What's that?

[Mrs. Porter]

I don't need money.

[Sheriff]

You don't? You mean you got enough money to get back?

[Mrs. Porter]

Oh, yes.

[Sheriff]

That's different. Most folks come here flat broke. If they don't need cash, they stay in the East.

[Mrs. Porter]

I didn't come here to strike it rich, you see, I came to find my husband.

[Sheriff]

Sure, I can see it now.

[Deputy Jim]

I'll fix up a reservation on the next stage.

[Mrs. Porter]

Mrs. Porter, no, please.

[Deputy Jim]

Don't you want to take care of it yourself then?

[Mrs. Porter]

I'm not sure that I'll return to the East. No, I think I'll stay here for a time in case there's some information about my husband.

[Sheriff]

His name was Henry, huh?

[Mrs. Porter]

Yes, Henry Porter.

[Sheriff]

Never been anyone by that name around here. I'm dead sure of it.

[Mrs. Porter]

He might have changed his name. Here's a picture of him. The tintype he had made in St. Louis.

[Sheriff]

Take a look, Jim.

[Deputy Jim]

I never saw anyone like this.

[Sheriff]

Sure is a prosperous looking gent in this picture.

[Tonto]

He was quite well to do and came west.

[Mrs. Porter]

Yes. Look at this, Sheriff. Have you ever seen this watch chain?

[Sheriff]

No, can't say as I have. Have you, Jim?

[Deputy Jim]

Let me see it.

[Tonto]

A heavy one.

[Sheriff]

Solid gold.

[Mrs. Porter]

It was my husband's. He wore it when he left home.

[Sheriff]

How'd you get it?

[Mrs. Porter]

You see here? It has his name on it. And the name of our home. Fair Gardens, Virginia. Someone must have found it and sent it to me there. It came from Goose Creek's post office. That's why Mr. Lambert and I came here.

[Sheriff]

Doggone strange. Oh, gone strange. How'd it get here?

[Narrator (Lone Ranger Story)]

Lone Ranger and Tunnel, riding upstream, came to the place where a large tree had been felled on the bank. A keen axe lay on the ground near the partially trimmed trees.

[Tonto]

Steady. Look around here, Toto. Someone left in a hurry.

[Tonto (Alternate or additional lines)]

That's right. Him leave axe here.

[Tonto]

Brand new accident. And here's a coil of rope.

[Tonto (Alternate or additional lines)]

Ah, me take look this way. You Want to key Ms. Hobby?

[Lambert]

Look here. What is it?

[Tonto (Alternate or additional lines)]

I don't Hear him? Drowned him dead?

[Tonto]

Yes. Pretty certain he was shot. Let's see if he was hit once or twice.

[Tonto (Alternate or additional lines)]

We hear two shots.

[Tonto]

He must have been shot right here. There are his footprints on the bank. He was walking upstream that price. He was shot here. He had to be shot at close range. Trees come close to the bank and they're thick. One bullet struck him, Tyler. Just one.

[Tonto (Alternate or additional lines)]

First bullet missing.

[Tonto]

I wonder who would.

[Lone Ranger]

Put your hands up and keep them there.

[Tonto (Alternate or additional lines)]

Where'd that.

[Lone Ranger]

There's this warning.

[Tonto]

All right, our hands are up. Come out where we can see you.

[Lone Ranger]

You think I'm loco?

[Tonto]

Well, what do you want?

[Lone Ranger]

Face the river and keep facing that way.

[Tonto (Alternate or additional lines)]

We make jumper, Feller.

[Tonto]

Not now, fellow. Edge.

[Lone Ranger]

It's just keep your faces that way if you don't want to get shot full of holes. You would wear the mask. I reckon you're an outlaw to start with. There'll be no one sorry to find you dead. Don't make a move or I'll let you have it.

[Tonto]

Try and remember that voice.

[Tonto (Alternate or additional lines)]

Tunnel. Tanto. Do it.

[Tonto]

I think he's moving away.

[Tonto (Alternate or additional lines)]

Let me hear him.

[Tonto]

How long are we to stand this way? He's gone, Tono.

[Tonto (Alternate or additional lines)]

Now we go at him.

[Tonto]

Get to the saddle. Steady, big fellow.

[Tonto (Alternate or additional lines)]

Are you ready?

[Lone Ranger]

Come on, Silver. Get him up. Scout

[Tonto]

can't make any time in this woods.

[Tonto (Alternate or additional lines)]

We follow trail and go this way.

[Tonto]

He had a horse in the woods. He's riding now.

[Tonto (Alternate or additional lines)]

Me, Hiram. He'll go that way.

[Tonto]

Man is a murderer. There's no doubt about that.

[Sheriff]

That right.

[Tonto]

Which way now? Can you see any tracks?

[Tonto (Alternate or additional lines)]

Me see him this way.

[Tonto]

Look. He must have. In the clearing over there. Beneath that pine. Another man sprawled on the ground.

[Tonto (Alternate or additional lines)]

Maybe that's Tunnel dead from other shot we hear.

[Lone Ranger]

Go on, Silver.

[Tonto]

This man's alive.

[Lambert]

Tutto, help. Help me study there.

[Tonto]

You're all right.

[Tonto (Alternate or additional lines)]

I'm not hit with bullet.

[Lambert]

Don't hit me again.

[Tonto]

I won't tell anyone this man's an Easterner. Tano. Look at the clothes he's wearing.

[Lambert]

Who hit you, man? Old man. Had a heavy beard.

[Tonto]

Here, take a drink of water. You're not badly hurt.

[Lambert]

Thanks. Stranger Mask.

[Tonto]

We're here to help you. We were following the man who knocked you down.

[Lambert]

I don't know who he was.

[Tonto]

Let me have some more water. Sure.

[Lambert]

Here. That's good. Thank you.

[Tonto]

Now tell us what the man looked like.

[Lambert]

What did he do?

[Tonto]

He shot a man over near the creek.

[Lambert]

Dead?

[Tonto]

Yes.

[Lambert]

I. I think he would have shot me too, if I'd resisted at all. I don't know how long I've been here.

[Tonto]

Who are you?

[Lambert]

My name is Lambert. I've only been here for a short time. I came from the east.

[Tonto]

Yes, I know.

[Lambert]

I've been staying in town. Goose Creek.

[Tonto]

But you.

[Lambert]

Who are you?

[Tonto]

For the time being, just call me friend. Sit up, but don't try to stand for a little while.

[Lambert]

Oh, my head feels as if it would burst.

[Tonto]

Did the man hit you in the head? I guess so. Now forget the fact that I wear a mask. Tell me what you know.

[Lambert]

I was coming through the woods. I left town to take a hike, to know how far I'd come. I guess I'd lost my way.

[Sheriff]

Yes.

[Lambert]

Well, this man was sitting here somewhere near this tree. I came up to him to ask the way back to Goose Creek. Then he came over close to me, looked at me. I felt that he was insane. There was a wild glint in his eyes.

[Tonto]

What did he do?

[Lambert]

Well, he asked me to look around in back of me. I did so. And that's all I remember.

[Tonto]

He must have been unconscious for a long time.

[Lambert]

I wouldn't know.

[Tonto]

I was a man dressed well.

[Lambert]

He wore a blue shirt, black trousers tucked into his boots, an old battered black hat, and he carried a short rifle. He had a thick black beard and a big mustache. But it was his eyes. They were wild staring. I'm sure the man was insane.

[Tonto]

What kind of a horse did he have?

[Lambert]

Well, it was black. That's about all I know about it.

[Tonto]

Tunnel. He can't be in three places at the same time.

[Tonto (Alternate or additional lines)]

Isn't that right?

[Tonto]

One of us will have to take this man back to Goose Creek. The other should examine the scene of the crime or follow the killer's trail.

[Tonto (Alternate or additional lines)]

Nice study. Scene of crime, huh? Maybe find sign there.

[Tonto]

All right. I'll take this man to town. I'll send the sheriff out. Leave things as they are until he gets there. Maybe he'll know who the dead man is.

[Tonto (Alternate or additional lines)]

Go now.

[Deputy Jim]

Get him up.

[Tonto]

This cow standing up?

[Lambert]

I'll try.

[Tonto]

Let me lean on you.

[Lambert]

Come on.

[Tonto]

Can you ride? A little. You ride with me. Come on, I'll help you to the saddle.

[Lambert]

Can your horse carry both of us?

[Tonto]

Yes. Up you go.

[Lambert]

Oh, my head splitting.

[Tonto]

Say, big fella there. Hello, sir.

[Narrator (Lone Ranger Story)]

In Goose Creek, the Lone Ranger helped Lambert from the saddle. Then, mounting again, he headed to the office of the sheriff.

[Lone Ranger]

Father Silver.

[Tonto (Alternate or additional lines)]

Fool.

[Mrs. Porter]

Come on.

[Lone Ranger]

She had the critic wearing a mask.

[Sheriff]

Come to your six gun ready.

[Tonto]

Hold on, Sheriff. I'm here to take you to the scene of a murder.

[Sheriff]

Who'd you kill?

[Lone Ranger]

I got you covered.

[Deputy Jim]

Don't make a sudden move.

[Tonto]

This mask doesn't mean that I'm an outlaw. But you let a killer escape. If you don't come with me, I'll show you where the body is.

[Deputy Jim]

You better take this shooting iron serious, stranger.

[Tonto]

You won't shoot, deputy. Come on, Silver.

[Lone Ranger]

Hang it all, Sheriff.

[Sheriff]

Saddle up, Jim. We've got to go after that armory and find out what he's talking about.

[Narrator (Lone Ranger Story)]

Knowing the lawman would follow, the masked rider trotted his horse downstream until he rejoined Toto. He was several minutes ahead of the sheriff and deputy.

[Tonto]

What have you found out? Tunnel?

[Tonto (Alternate or additional lines)]

Oh, me find plenty. Sign here where tree chop down. And here where feller fall dead. And here, rope. Yes. Killer planned to tie a dead man to trunk of tree, send him long way downstream.

[Tonto]

There are no settlements for long ways downstream.

[Tonto (Alternate or additional lines)]

That's right. Maybe feller never be found. Only Indian in downstream country.

[Tonto]

And the killer was afraid someone in Goose Creek would recognize the dead man and associate him with the man who shot him.

[Tonto (Alternate or additional lines)]

Maybe that right.

[Tonto]

The sheriff is on his way here.

[Tonto (Alternate or additional lines)]

That would.

[Tonto]

That easterner told me what the killer looked like, so he shouldn't be hard to find. Wonder who this poor fellow is.

[Tonto (Alternate or additional lines)]

Me find paint track on ground. Him walk here from downstream in Indian country?

[Tonto]

He did.

[Tonto (Alternate or additional lines)]

Will he follow his back trail? Maybe. Here. You look at boot red clay on boot red clay.

[Tonto]

That's a good lead.

[Tonto (Alternate or additional lines)]

Me know where red clay can be. Found it long way from here. Three day walk downstream.

[Tonto]

Three days of walking. But we'll ride it before night. That's the sheriff's deputy.

[Tonto (Alternate or additional lines)]

Can't we wait here?

[Tonto]

No, the sheriff didn't recognize me, and I don't want to lose time answering a lot of questions. If we don't follow the back trail before night, the dew might wipe it out. Steady, Scout, steady.

[Lone Ranger]

You hold on now. I want to talk with you. Come on. Get him up, Scout. Come on, Silver. Hey there. Re up. Stop him, Jeff. You stop there. Stop the killer. Sheriff, I saw the dead man back there. I want that masked man. He's the one I want. Keep riding after till we get him.

[Narrator (Lone Ranger Story)]

The curtain falls on the first act of our Lone Ranger story. Before the next exciting scenes. Please permit us to pause for just a few moments.

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[Lone Ranger]

Sam.

[Narrator (Lone Ranger Story)]

Now to continue our story. Riding downstream, the Lone Ranger in Tonto raced ahead of the sheriff and his deputy.

[Lone Ranger]

Oh, Silver.

[Narrator (Lone Ranger Story)]

The great horse. Silver had to be held back so Scout could stay alongside. But even so, the lawmen were soon out distanced.

[Tonto]

Easy, boy. Easy. Silver. I don't think the trail that man can be found again. When we get to the Red Clay banks, we'll keep going till we get there.

[Tonto (Alternate or additional lines)]

That good?

[Lone Ranger]

If the sheriff won't take the dead

[Tonto]

man back to Goose Creek, we will.

[Lone Ranger]

Come on, Silver. Hit him up stout. Oh, Silver.

[Narrator (Lone Ranger Story)]

Whoa, Scotty.

[Lone Ranger]

Who?

[Tonto (Alternate or additional lines)]

Ancient Tom. Live on Red Clay Bank. There's shack yonder.

[Tonto]

Maybe he'll know something about the dead man. Tullo. We'll go and ask him.

[Tonto (Alternate or additional lines)]

Him lived like hermit plenty long time.

[Tonto]

Yes, I've heard about him. Come on. At least there's someone in the shack with a fire in the fireplace.

[Tonto (Alternate or additional lines)]

Isn't that right?

[Tonto]

Say a big fella. There's Indian Tom sitting in the doorway.

[Tonto (Alternate or additional lines)]

Ah, look. Him smoke pipe.

[Tonto]

Not an Indian pipe either.

[Lambert]

Welcome, strangers, to the home of the village.

[Tonto]

Hello. The way he's talking.

[Tonto (Alternate or additional lines)]

How, Tom?

[Lambert]

Make yourselves at home. There's food, water and rest.

[Tonto]

Tom, we want to have a talk with you.

[Narrator (Lone Ranger Story)]

The Lone Ranger and Toto were amazed when the hermit Indian spoke in a cultured voice unlike anything the masked man had heard from the lips of a red man. Meanwhile, the sheriff and his deputy rode into town with their grim burden. Evening found them at the hotel talking to Mrs. Porter.

[Sheriff]

Sure was surprised. Mrs. Porter, when we got to the scene of the crime after chasing that masked man, we found out that he wasn't a crook at all.

[Mrs. Porter]

The masked man wasn't?

[Tonto]

Not by a jug full.

[Sheriff]

There was a silver bullet beside the body of the poor critter we picked up. A silver bullet? That means it was the Lone Ranger that was there.

[Tonto (Alternate or additional lines)]

Yeah.

[Deputy Jim]

We should have known who he was when we saw that white horse and heard it called Silver.

[Sheriff]

We should have. But I never thought the Lone Ranger would come to a place like this.

[Deputy Jim]

Anyhow, Mrs. Porter, the sheriff and I thought it was a good idea to bring the fellow here for a decent burial and to see if anyone know him.

[Sheriff]

He didn't look anything like the picture you showed us, Mrs. Porter.

[Mrs. Porter]

Oh, I. I'm sure it couldn't have been my husband, but Mr. Lambert will find out.

[Sheriff]

He should be getting back by this time, able to hop, skip and jump to the corner's office.

[Mrs. Porter]

It was fine of Mr. Lambert to offer to go when he'd been through such a harrowing experience today. His head was aching frightfully. He must have suffered a terrible blow.

[Lone Ranger]

Sheriff, Come with me.

[Messenger]

Hurry.

[Sheriff]

Oh, what's the matter?

[Lambert]

Mrs. Porter, you've got to get away from Goose Creek. This place isn't fit for you.

[Tonto]

The things that happen here.

[Mrs. Porter]

Mr. Lambert. What has happened?

[Sheriff]

What's the matter with you?

[Lambert]

Lambert, the man I went to see, to try to identify, to make sure

[Tonto]

he was not Mr. Porter.

[Lambert]

He's gone.

[Sheriff]

Gone Where?

[Lambert]

I don't know.

[Deputy Jim]

He sure couldn't have walked away.

[Lambert]

The rear of the coroner's place had been broken into. The body was missing. No signs of anyone around there.

[Sheriff]

Juniper. Jim, I sure wish that Lone Ranger was here.

[Tonto]

Now.

[Sheriff]

This thing is getting beyond me.

[Tonto]

What did you say?

[Sheriff]

The Lone Ranger. I reckon you never heard of him, Mr. Lambert. Oh, wait, wait.

[Tonto]

I'll go with you, Mrs. Porter.

[Lambert]

I'll rejoin you soon.

[Mrs. Porter]

Yes, Mr. Lambert.

[Tonto]

Who is the Lone Ranger?

[Sheriff]

Well, he's the one that brought you to Char Lambert on that white horse of his.

[Deputy Jim]

Oh, Corner's place is right down here, a couple of doors. Are you sure you got to the right place, Lambert?

[Lambert]

Of course I did.

[Sheriff]

Maybe the Lone Ranger will be coming back. If he does, I'll bet you he'll get to the truth of things. If the stories I've heard him are right.

[Deputy Jim]

There's the Coronation.

[Lambert]

Front door is still unlocked, Sheriff. I didn't lock it because I knew

[Tonto]

it'd be coming right back.

[Lambert]

Here's the key you loaned me. Thanks.

[Deputy Jim]

Did you leave the lamp going?

[Lambert]

Yes.

[Deputy Jim]

Everything just as you left it here?

[Tonto]

Yes.

[Sheriff]

Seems to be not much we can do tonight. We'll hunt for tracks around the rear of the place. When morning comes.

[Tonto]

You think this. This Lone Ranger will be here?

[Sheriff]

Maybe he's in town right now. Sometimes he wears a disguise. So they say.

[Deputy Jim]

You can bet your neck he'll be here if there's unfinished business, won't he, sheriff?

[Sheriff]

I reckon he will be. He's not here now. He'll be heading this way.

[Tonto]

Made good time, Kahlo. All the way back here before midnight.

[Tonto (Alternate or additional lines)]

That plenty past Ryan Poor. There's Silver.

[Messenger]

Hi there, mister. Is that a horse named Silver?

[Tonto]

Yes. Hi.

[Messenger]

And you're the gent. No question about it. Got a message for you. I was told to watch for you.

[Tonto]

Who gave it to you?

[Messenger]

I don't know him. There was something before.

[Tonto]

Well, what's the message?

[Messenger]

Are you looking for a man with a black beard?

[Tonto]

What do you know about him?

[Messenger]

I know where he can be located.

[Tonto]

Where?

[Messenger]

Camped alongside a campfire that's likely burned low by this time. South of town. With a quick run through the gorge. It's at the bottom of the gorge. Camp, like I said.

[Tonto]

Thanks.

[Messenger]

You ride to the bridge. You see the fire? There's anything left of it.

[Tonto]

We're not through yet, Silver. More riding, Big fella. Come on.

[Tonto (Alternate or additional lines)]

Give him up.

[Lone Ranger]

Here's the bridge, Tuttle.

[Tonto (Alternate or additional lines)]

They'll light a small fire.

[Tonto]

There's a camp of some sort down there.

[Tonto (Alternate or additional lines)]

Kimosabe not sea feller. Maybe him sleep in blanket.

[Tonto]

Say he big fella. Down into the gorge.

[Lambert]

We need Silver and scout here.

[Tonto]

Yes, Tutto.

[Tonto (Alternate or additional lines)]

Pretty dark here.

[Tonto]

Yes. Hey there, Silver. Go ahead. Tano, bring up the rear.

[Tonto (Alternate or additional lines)]

You want step? Trying to gorge. Plenty rocky.

[Tonto]

It's a wonder we haven't wakened. The killer. Man below is still asleep. You see him rolling these blankets there? I'm gonna have a look at him. Otto. Something's the matter up at the rim. Silver's trying to warn us. Get that man the blankets and go up. You're covered, mister. Don't make a move.

[Tonto (Alternate or additional lines)]

He get him here.

[Lambert]

Fellow, what's with Good wait.

[Mrs. Porter]

Him dead?

[Tonto]

Yes,

[Lone Ranger]

up there.

[Tonto]

That fella firing on us? Can't shoot at him. He's right in front of Silver. Here. Back of this rock. He knows we can't fire on him. Toto. We'd hit Silver.

[Tonto (Alternate or additional lines)]

That right.

[Lone Ranger]

Survive. Your hands higher.

[Tonto]

Don't answer. No.

[Sheriff]

Keep back.

[Tonto]

At the rock. Totto, I'm going to take another look at the dead man.

[Lambert]

Me kiss look.

[Tonto (Alternate or additional lines)]

You stay here.

[Tonto]

No, keep watching the man above. He's firing as fast as he can load that bullet.

[Tonto (Alternate or additional lines)]

Hit rock.

[Tonto]

I'll creep over just a few yards. Fire a shot over the head of the horses to keep his attention.

[Tonto (Alternate or additional lines)]

Tanto, do it.

[Sheriff]

Hello.

[Tonto]

Just as I thought.

[Sheriff]

What?

[Deputy Jim]

That.

[Tonto]

That man on the rim is the one who held a gun once before

[Tonto (Alternate or additional lines)]

him got same voice.

[Tonto]

He's a poor shot. I'm going up there to get him now.

[Lambert]

Nico, I examined the dead man.

[Tonto]

I know the answer now. Stay here and keep that fellow busy. I'll go after him.

[Lone Ranger]

Get you now I see you climbing up here. You can't shoot straight enough to get me.

[Tonto]

I'm coming after you.

[Lone Ranger]

Throw down your gun and get your hands up. Closer to you. Fire away. You can't hit anything. It took two shots to kill the man you ambushed. You think my horse will keep me from firing? Your wrong. I'll show you. Silver. Hoy. I can have a clear shot. That ends your rifle shooting for good. Come on Tado. He's on the run. You'll get me. You will get me. Here Silver boy. That's it boy. After him. Now. Stop running or I'll rope you. All right then I'll have to use the rope there. Go Silver. Pull back. Back big fellow, back. We'll head for town and have the show.

[Mrs. Porter]

Sheriff, I can't imagine what the masked man had to tell. But your deputy said it would be a great surprise to me.

[Sheriff]

Yeah, Mrs. Porter, I sure reckon it will be.

[Mrs. Porter]

Where's the Lone Ranger now?

[Sheriff]

He's out back of the office with Jim. That's my deputy, you know.

[Mrs. Porter]

Oh yes.

[Sheriff]

He'll be right in. I think this is the gent now.

[Tonto]

I'll be through in a few minutes. Tyllow, have the horses ready. Uh huh.

[Tonto (Alternate or additional lines)]

I'm ready now.

[Tonto]

Mrs. Porter, I think we know the story now. You came here because you received a watch chain that belonged to your husband.

[Mrs. Porter]

That's right.

[Sheriff]

We never saw her husband around here.

[Tonto]

He lived near here though. He lived with Indian Tom.

[Sheriff]

The Indian hermit.

[Tonto]

Yes. You see, he found peace and happiness in that life. He taught Indian Tom English and grammar, Latin and mathematics, a lot of other things. In appearance he changed a lot.

[Mrs. Porter]

Yes.

[Tonto]

In the meantime he knew he had left you with plenty of money which was being watched for you by Mr. Lambert. Isn't that the case?

[Mrs. Porter]

Yes. Mr. Lambert had charge of my money.

[Tonto]

The years went on and your husband wanted to see you again. He sent a letter in the watch chain. But you never saw the letter.

[Mrs. Porter]

No, I saw.

[Tonto]

No letter was mailed. Mailed with the watch chain. But he didn't hear from you. He thought you didn't want to see him again. Then he heard that you'd come here and he sent you a note. Indian Tom brought the note to your lawyer, Mr. Lambert.

[Mrs. Porter]

I didn't see that note.

[Tonto]

No, Because Lambert didn't show it to you. Lambert disguised himself and went out to meet and kill your husband.

[Mrs. Porter]

No.

[Tonto]

He was a splendid hand with an axe, but a poor shot with a rifle to conceal the death. He was going to send your husband's body downstream on a log. And he heard me coming. He took off the disguise and let me find him, making me think he'd been attacked by the man he described.

[Sheriff]

Jumping juniper. It all fits like a glove.

[Mrs. Porter]

I can't believe this, said Mr. Lambert. Why should he do such a thing?

[Tonto]

He didn't want you to identify your husband, so I moved him away from here. He got word to me, sending me to the gorge. He put a disguise on your husband, planning to kill me and kill Toto. Then tell you, Sheriff, that we had been shot in a fight with a dead man. You were to think we had killed him. The description would tally with the one given by Lambert. You'd think you had caught the man who was the killer instead of the man who was killed.

[Sheriff]

How'd you know all this?

[Tonto]

Part of its theory. I don't think you'll find a better explanation. Bring Lambert in here.

[Sheriff]

Bring him in.

[Tonto]

Jim.

[Deputy Jim]

Come in. Get in there, you coyote. Mr. Lambert.

[Tonto]

How about it, Lambert? You care to confess?

[Lambert]

What's her to lose? Might as well admit it was you

[Tonto]

who tried to talk like a Western outlaw when you stood behind me at the edge of Goose Creek. Yes. And you stole the letters Porter sent to his wife. I admit it.

[Mrs. Porter]

Now I understand. I came into the hall of my home as you held that watch chain in your hand. You had to show it to me.

[Lambert]

You.

[Mrs. Porter]

You'd already hidden the letter that came with us?

[Tonto]

Yes. Why, Lambert? Gambling.

[Lambert]

I'd misused the money. I couldn't have accounted for it. I knew that Porter came back. He'd want an accounting. I thought, well, I hope that I could marry Mrs. Porter if her husband never returned. And then I wouldn't have to account.

[Sheriff]

Lonely, ornery polecat. You'll hang for this.

[Tonto]

Oh, no.

[Lone Ranger]

I will. Hey, Stop it. Hold on.

[Tonto]

Please stop it.

[Sheriff]

Good work, redskin.

[Deputy Jim]

Not run.

[Tonto]

Now I'll get him roped before he comes conscious. Well, that's all there is for us to do, Sheriff.

[Mrs. Porter]

Oh, but wait. Let me show my appreciation.

[Tonto]

Thank you, Mrs. Porter. You can do that by helping people here. Adios.

[Mrs. Porter]

But wait, Sheriff. He's gone.

[Sheriff]

He wouldn't take. Thanks, ma'. Am.

[Mrs. Porter]

What did he mean, helping people here?

[Sheriff]

Well, I reckon we need ladies of your sort here mighty bad. But this isn't the place for you.

[Mrs. Porter]

I do want to stay here.

[Lone Ranger]

Here?

[Mrs. Porter]

Where poor Henry had lived in the country he loved.

[Sheriff]

Mrs. Porter, maybe we got some bad hombres, all right, but nothing as sneaking and scheming as that coyote on the floor.

[Mrs. Porter]

You may have some. Some bad hombres, Sheriff, but you. You also have some very fine ones I owe.

[Lone Ranger]

Silver,

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[Sheriff]

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